"take on the secret identity Superman. The Kents die shortly after this conversation and Clark moves to Metropolis. In later chapters, Clark applies for a job at the Daily Planet, and is hired after delivering a story on a mining accident from which Superman rescues Lois Lane. The 1950s TV series ""Adventures of Superman"" explored Superman's origin in the first episode, titled ""Superman on Earth."" The destruction of Krypton and Clark's upbringing by the Kents are largely identical to the version presented in the 1948 film serial. In this version, Clark decides to move to Metropolis after Eben dies. He"
"Krypton (comics) Krypton is a fictional planet appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The planet is the native world of Superman and is named after the element krypton. The planet was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, and was first referred to in ""Action Comics"" #1 (June 1938). The planet made its first full appearance in ""Superman"" #1 (summer 1939). Krypton is also the native world of Supergirl, Krypto the Superdog, and Power Girl (in her case, an alternate-universe version designated ""Krypton-Two""). It has been consistently described as having been destroyed shortly after Superman's flight from"
"the 2007 novel ""The Last Days of Krypton"". Krypton (comics) Krypton is a fictional planet appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The planet is the native world of Superman and is named after the element krypton. The planet was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, and was first referred to in ""Action Comics"" #1 (June 1938). The planet made its first full appearance in ""Superman"" #1 (summer 1939). Krypton is also the native world of Supergirl, Krypto the Superdog, and Power Girl (in her case, an alternate-universe version designated ""Krypton-Two""). It has been consistently described as"
"Kryptonopolis Kryptonopolis is a fictional city in the DC Comics universe. Located on the planet Krypton, it is the birthplace of Superman. Kryptonopolis was the largest city on Krypton after the capital, Kandor. After Kandor was stolen by the alien criminal Brainiac, Kryptonopolis became the new capital. The history of the city is tied to the history of the El family, the ancestors of Superman, as the original layout was designed by Superman's ancestor, Gam-El. Kryptonopolis is also the home of Jor-El and Lara, the parents of Kal-El. When Jor-El's researches discover that Krypton is fated to explode, Jor-El constructs"
"the story, in which he determines that Superman's home planet, Krypton, orbited LHS 2520. Tyson assisted DC Comics in selecting a real-life star that would be an appropriate parent star to Krypton, and picked the star in Corvus, and which is the mascot of Superman's high school, the Smallville Crows. LHS 2520 LHS 2520, also known as Gliese 3707, is a red dwarf star in the constellation Corvus. With an apparent magnitude of 12.12. it is too faint to be seen with the unaided eye. A cool star of spectral type M3.5V, it has a surface temperature of 3024 K."
"was confirmed by data analysis later that year. In 1624, German astronomer Jakob Bartsch equated the constellation Argo Navis with Noah's Ark, linking Corvus and Columba to the crow and dove that feature in the story in Genesis. In ""Action Comics"" #14 (January 2013), which was published 7 November 2012, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson appears in the story, in which he determines that Superman's home planet, Krypton, orbited the red dwarf LHS 2520 in the constellation Corvus, 27.1 light-years from Earth. Tyson assisted DC Comics in selecting a real-life star that would be an appropriate parent star to Krypton, and"
"United Planets In the , the United Planets is a fictional governing body which is active in the 30th and 31st centuries. The United Planets (abbreviated as the ""UP"") is composed of Earth and other planets within the Milky Way galaxy. The capital of the United Planets is Superman's hometown of Metropolis on the North American continent on Earth. The population of the United Planets is about 300 billion. The UP's official law enforcement agency is the Science Police, which is based on Earth in Metropolis. The UP also maintains a militia, which is based on the planet Xolnar. The"
"home planet of Krypton is located on the far side of the sun, as opposed to a distant star system as it is in most stories. During the journey to Earth, baby Kal-el grows into an adult and emerges fully grown from his ship after it lands on Earth. He is never adopted by the Kents but immediately begins his superhero career. This was eventually retconned in later episodes to match the narrative of the comic books. This serial introduced the fictional mineral kryptonite, the radiation from which can weaken and even (in some continuities) kill Superman. Aside from giving"
"making it the earliest specific reference to the location of Metropolis. In that issue, Clark Kent (Superman) sends a telegram to George Taylor, the editor of the ""Daily Star"" (the antecedent to the ""Daily Planet""), addressed to ""Metropolis, N.Y."" In the 1940s Superman cartoons, produced by Paramount Pictures and Fleischer Studios, Superman is said to live on the island of Manhattan. In the seventh cartoon of the series, ""Electric Earthquake,"" a Native American mad scientist claims that his people are the rightful owners of Manhattan, thus placing these cartoons on the island. In the fifth episode in the series, ""The"
"mini-series in 2009 and 2010. While the individual details vary, certain key elements have remained consistent in almost all retellings. Superman is born Kal-El on the alien planet Krypton. His parents, Jor-El and Lara become aware of Krypton's impending destruction and Jor-El begins constructing a spacecraft to carry Kal-El to Earth. During Krypton's last moments, Jor-El places young Kal-El in the spacecraft and launches it. Jor-El and Lara die as the spacecraft barely escapes Krypton's fate. The explosion transforms planetary debris into kryptonite, a radioactive substance that is lethal to superpowered (as by Earth's yellow sun) Kryptonians. The spacecraft lands"
"Me Anythings) where he is responsible for three of the top ten most popular AMAs of all time. In ""Action Comics"" #14 (January 2013), which was published November 7, 2012, Tyson appears in the story, in which he determines that Superman's home planet, Krypton, orbited the red dwarf LHS 2520 in the constellation Corvus 27.1 lightyears from Earth. Tyson assisted DC Comics in selecting a real-life star that would be an appropriate parent star to Krypton, and picked Corvus, which is Latin for ""Crow"", and which is the mascot of Superman's high school, the Smallville Crows. Tyson also had a"
"to Superman, the alien’s spaceship crashed to Earth, although it was not in Kansas in the 20th century but in the cotton fields of the American South in the 1830s. A slave woman finds the child and the ship alters the aliens appearance to look exactly like the first life form the alien encountered. He receives the name Augustus Freeman but does not use his powers to lead a slave revolt. Icon was a black super hero and a political conservative who decided to use his superpowers for the very first time when his condominium is broken into by some"
"visits Lois atop the ""Daily Planet"" building and thanks her for making him feel like he belongs there. He starts the ""Planet""’s rusty globe spinning again. Lois asks, ""Are you a man or an alien?"" His response is, ""I'm Superman, Lois"" and then flies across Metropolis. In 2003–2004, DC Comics published a 12-issue limited series entitled """", which touted itself as a new origin series that replaced the 1986 series ""The Man of Steel"" by writer/artist John Byrne. ""Birthright"" presented a number of changes to the continuity of Superman's origin. After the 2005–2006 event series ""Infinite Crisis"", many new changes"
"of his father Superman. After he and his mother were kidnapped and almost killed by Intergang, his parents finally reveal their true origin to him. In June 2016, DC Comics relaunched its entire line of comic books series with DC Rebirth. In Rebirth, DC once again re-established the Post-""Crisis"" Superman as the Superman in DC Comics, along with his wife, Lois Lane, and their son Jonathan Kent. In the ""Son of Superman"" story arc, the Kent family relocate from California to a farm in Hamilton County. At the farm, Jon tries to save the family cat from a hawk but"
"adoptive parents pick him up. Jonathan Kent was about to tell him something but Martha shushed him. Later that night, Clark could not sleep as he wonders what his Pa Kent was about to tell him. When he went for a midnight snack, a ""ghost"" of Jor-El surprises him and touches him. Superman discovers himself to be on an alien planet where he encounters his biological mother, Lara. As the hallucination wears off, he is face to face with his old flame, Lana Lang. In a flashback, it turns out that on the night that Clark learned his heritage he"
"was discovered and adopted by Jonathan and Martha Kent, a farming couple. They named him Clark. Clark displayed various superhuman abilities such as incredible strength and impervious skin, and his foster parents advised him to use his gifts for the benefit of humanity. Clark Kent resides in the fictional American city of Metropolis, where he works as a journalist for the ""Daily Planet"", a newspaper. To protect his privacy, he changes into a colorful costume and uses the alias ""Superman"" when fighting crime. Superman's love interest is his fellow journalist Lois Lane, and his classic archenemy is the genius inventor"
"details on the Earth-One Superman's origin and childhood/teenage years, see Superboy (Kal-El)."" The Earth-One Superman's origin story was retold in various stories; the most prominent retellings were in ""Superman"" (volume 1) #146 (July 1961), ""Limited Collectors' Edition"" #C-31 (November–December 1974), and ""Action Comics"" #500 (October 1979). As recounted in these retellings, Superman was born Kal-El on the planet Krypton. Upon learning of Krypton's imminent destruction, his father Jor-El and mother Lara sent Kal-El in an experimental rocket to Earth moments before the planet exploded. Landing outside of the town of Smallville, Kal-El was found and adopted by an elderly farm"
"the world's first Super-Hero. Following the comic book crossover event ""Convergence"", it was revealed in the mini-series ""Superman: Lois and Clark"" that the pre-""Flashpoint"" version of the character had survived the universal transition into the ""New 52"", and was living on the new DC Universe's Earth with his wife, the pre-""Flashpoint"" Lois Lane, and their young son. After the indigenous ""New 52"" Superman was killed, the pre-""Flashpoint"" Superman became the DC Universe's primary version of the character once again. This brought the events of 2009's ""Secret Origin"" series back as the primary Superman's origin story once more. In 2017, the"
"of his descendants is ""Kal Kent"", the Superman of the 853rd century. The galaxy is protected by the Justice Legions, which were inspired by the 20th-century Justice League and the 31st-century Legion of Super-Heroes, among others. Justice Legion Alpha, which protects the solar system, includes Kal Kent and future analogues of Wonder Woman, Hourman, Starman, Aquaman, the Flash and Batman. Advanced terraforming processes have made all the Solar System's planets habitable, with the ones most distant from the Sun being warmed by Solaris, a ""star computer"" which was once a villain but was reprogrammed by one of Superman's descendants. Superman-Prime"
"dream of living a normal life on his long-destroyed home planet of Krypton, happily married to Lyla Lerrol with two children: a daughter Orna, and a son Van. While Wonder Woman battles Mongul, whose power and strength exceed hers, Batman and Robin try to free Superman. Meanwhile, Superman's fantasy takes a dark turn. His father Jor-El's prediction of Krypton's doom was unfulfilled, leading to Jor-El being discredited and embittered. Superman's mother Lara has died from the ""Eating Sickness"", which has further isolated Jor-El from his son and the rest of his family. Even the death of his brother Zor-El has"
"is conflicted about how much Superman should intervene. After receiving a letter from a concerned schoolboy, Superman travels to the Fortress of Solitude to seek advice from the spirits of his Kryptonian ancestors. They recommend that he let Earth solve its own problems, or seek new worlds where war has been outlawed. After asking for advice from Lois Lane, Superman attends a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, announcing to the assembly that he will rid the planet of nuclear weapons. Various nations fire their nuclear warheads into space, which are collected by Superman into a giant net and"
"Metropolis (comics) Metropolis is a fictional city appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, best known as the home of Superman. First appearing by name in ""Action Comics"" #16 (Sept. 1939), Metropolis is depicted as a prosperous and massive city in the Northeastern United States, within close proximity to Gotham City. The co-creator and original artist of Superman, Joe Shuster, modeled the Metropolis skyline after Toronto, where he was born and lived until he was ten. Since then, however, the look and feel of Metropolis has been greatly influenced by New York City. Within the DC Universe, Metropolis"
"the hero who lives in their 'sister' city. List of areas, landmarks, institutions and businesses of Metropolis Metropolis (comics) Metropolis is a fictional city appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, best known as the home of Superman. First appearing by name in ""Action Comics"" #16 (Sept. 1939), Metropolis is depicted as a prosperous and massive city in the Northeastern United States, within close proximity to Gotham City. The co-creator and original artist of Superman, Joe Shuster, modeled the Metropolis skyline after Toronto, where he was born and lived until he was ten. Since then, however, the look"
"planet's oppressive government, but soon became lawless would-be tyrants who lusted for power. After an ill-fated insurrection led by Zod, the government sentenced the trio to death. However, Superman's father Jor-El pleaded for the government to mitigate their sentence to imprisonment in the Phantom Zone, accepted on the condition that he would assume responsibility as their jailer. While in the Phantom Zone, Zod and Ursa were able to have a child who was born immune to the Phantom Zone's effects, ultimately facilitating their escape, and named him Lor-Zod. On Earth, the boy was discovered by Superman and his wife Lois"
"Jonathan and Martha Kent Jonathan Kent and Martha Kent, often referred to as ""Pa"" and ""Ma"" Kent (respectively), are the fictional adoptive parents of Superman. They live in the rural town of Smallville, Kansas. In most versions of Superman's origin story, Jonathan and Martha were the first to come across the rocket that brought the infant Kal-El, with their adopting him shortly thereafter, renaming him Clark Kent, ""Clark"" being Martha's maiden name. The Kents are usually portrayed as caring parents who instill within Clark a strong sense of morals, and they encourage Clark to use his powers for the betterment"
"was off-planet, her husband died of a brain tumor. She tried reaching him to ask for his help in removing the tumor with his vision powers, but was told that he was ""doing something important."" Superman flies to the JLA Satellite, where Batman assures him that the new Earth defense system will see new threats coming from long distances. Outside a small town, Superman speaks with the Flash, and asks him what he sees when he runs across the country. He says he sees a blur. Superman then flies into orbit, thinks of his father, and lands outside a children's"
"science fiction elements of Superman's world, including his Kryptonian origins as well as an updated version of his origins. In the version that became established by the early 1960s (and memorably summarized at the start of each episode of the 1950s ""Adventures of Superman"" television series), Superman is born on Krypton as Kal-El, the son of Jor-El (a leader-scientist) and Lara. When Kal-El is two or three years-old, Jor-El learns that Krypton is doomed to explode. He brings this warning to the Science Council, Krypton's rulers. The Science Council refuses to warn their fellow Kryptonians and forbids Jor-El to do"
"Superlópez Superlópez is a Spanish comic book character created by Jan. Created in 1973, Superlópez is a parody of Superman. Born ""Jo-Con-Él"" (translated as ""Damn-with-him"") on the planet ""Chitón"" (Spanish slang meaning something like ""Shut up!"") much like Superman's home planet of Krypton, he leaves his planet when he enters a spaceship and presses a button, an accident that sends him to Earth. He was raised by adoptive parents in Barcelona and concealed himself under the identity of office-worker ""Juan López"" (which is actually author Jan's real name). He works with his girlfriend, the bad-tempered ""Luisa Lanas"", the not-so-pally ""Jaime"
"and 9/11 both occurred), but many fantastic additions exist, such as the known existence of Atlantis. In recent years, stories have increasingly described events which bring the DC Universe farther away from reality, such as World War III occurring, Lex Luthor being elected as President of the United States in 2000, and entire cities and countries being destroyed. There are other minor variations, such as the Earth being slightly larger than ours (to accommodate the extra countries), and the planet Saturn having 18 moons rather than 19 because Superman destroyed one. ""New Earth"" is the Earth-like home planet to the"
"In the film, Clark Kent learns that he is a superpowered alien from the planet Krypton. He assumes the role of mankind's protector as Superman when faced with the threat of humanity's destruction from General Zod. Development began in 2008, when Warner Bros. took pitches from comic book writers, screenwriters, and directors, opting to reboot the franchise. In 2009, a court ruling resulted in Jerry Siegel's family recapturing the rights to Superman's origins and Siegel's copyright. The decision stated that Warner Bros. did not owe the families additional royalties from previous films, but if they did not begin production on"
"Earth just moments before Krypton exploded. After constructing his Fortress of Solitude, Superman honored his biological parents with a statue of Jor-El and Lara holding up a globe of Krypton. Jor-El is usually portrayed as closely resembling the character Superman. Shuster and Siegel, Superman's creators, first introduced a character named ""Jor-L"" in 1936, more than a year before the first Superman story was published. The original ""Jor-L"" appeared in ""New Adventure Comics"" (released in 1936, cover-dated January 1937), a re-titled issue #12 of the previous ""New Comics"", which would be re-titled again to become the 45-year-long ""Adventure Comics"" series after"
"and is located at several Six Flags theme parks. The real town of Metropolis, Illinois, has been proclaimed the ""hometown of Superman"" by the Illinois State Legislature, and the town celebrates its ""local hero"" in every possible way that it can. Among the ways it celebrates the character include a large Superman statue in the city, a Superman museum, an annual Superman festival, and its local newspaper ""The Metropolis Planet"", a name inspired by the major newspaper in fictional Metropolis, ""The Daily Planet"". A version of the town has appeared in the comics itself, as a city whose citizens idolize"
"been collecting information on all the planets he visited and uploading it into his neural core before destroying them. Using Superman's spacecraft and his telepathic abilities, Brainiac discovers that he has been living on Earth. Brainiac decides to chart a course to Earth while sending Superman into Kandor. Inside Kandor, his strength waning due to the artificial red sun, Superman meets his uncle Zor-El and aunt Alura. They explain that Brainiac was instructed to learn all that is knowable about the galaxy. Being a cyborg, Brainiac interpreted his directive literally and realized that he could not achieve this goal because"